Renesmee Cullen and the Angel's Domain

Chapter 9: The Return of Darla and Drusilla

Renesmee met up with Gabe McSaint after breakfast. Gabe looked extravogant in his Hogwarts robes, his curly brown hair gently moving when the breeze hit him and his blue eyes shone with happiness when he saw her. "Hey, Gabe," she said trying to hide the disappointment and worry in her tone, "how are you?"

"Fine," said Gabe somewhat sleepily. "I didn't get a lot of sleep last night with the boys in my dormitory, but I feel refreshed and ready to start a new day." He looked at Renesmee and frowned. "You look worried. What's wrong?"

Renesmee knew this was coming. "I took Lilith Demona to Angel's room last night to visit and he didn't take to her that well." she said with a frown. "He knew who Lilith was before she could even say anything. When Lilith asked what it's like being a vampire with a soul, Angel said something about her not knowing about having one. What's all that about?" Gabe shrugged and they walked to the Divination classroom on the seventh floor, climbed the spiral staircase and finally got into the room and sat down at the small round tables. Professor Luna Scamander announced that they were doing palmistry this time and asked the students to work with their partners and gaze at their life lines on their hands. Gabe took Renesmee's hands in his own. They were warm and soft to the touch.

"Your life line," he said gently tracing the line near her thumb going toward her wrist, "is very long, so that means that you'll live for a long time." Renesmee grinned and watched as he traced the many lines on her hands and explained what would happen. Renesmee then did the same to him and announced that he had a long life and something to look forward to.

"Keep in mind that palmistry is one of the more simple ways of divining the future," Professor Scamander said loud enough for everyone to hear. "Does anyone know of another way?" Renesmee raised her hand. "Go ahead, Miss Cullen."

Renesmee stood up and spoke in a strong voice so everyone could hear her. "What about empathy?" she asked. "I know of a person that can tell a person's destiny by listening to them sing. Is that a form of Divination?"

"Not exactly," said Professor Scamander slowly, "but it is a good suggestion. Ten points to Gryffindor." The bell rang indicating their time was up and the class started to pack up their things and leave. "For homework, I want all of you to list the many forms of divination and how they are used in foretelling the future. Another form you missed, Miss Cullen, is prophecy. Have a good day."

"That was actually a fun lesson," Gabe said with a smile as he and Renesmee walked down the staircase and to Hagrid's hut for their Transfiguration lesson. Professor Finnigan announced that they were going to learn the transfiguration spell called Lapifors, which turns an object into a rabbit. Finnigan therefore asked the class what objects were best suited to be transfigured into a rabbit with this spell and Gabe raised his hand. When Professor Finnigan pointed at him, Gabe stood up. "Lapifors is best used on statues, salamanders and cats because they are smaller artifacts.

"Very good, Mr. McSaint," said Professor Finnigan. "Yes, smaller objects or animals such as statues, cats and salamanders are best. As you can see, I have a statue set up for a demonstration." He pointed his wand at the statue on the desk, muttered, "Lapifors!" and the statue instantly transformed into a rabbit with a small popping sound. The rabbit hopped around the classroom for a while before Professor Finnigan turned it back into a statue. "Lapifors is mostly the same as Draconifors except for what the object is transfigured into and their uses. Lapifors is used to distract an opponent by letting the rabbit run past them. There are many other uses for the Lapifors spell, and I am assigning an essay on the other uses due Thursday morning, which will give you all enough time to gather information and write down what you need. Good day to you all."

Later on, after lunch, Renesmee had a break from classes and decided to take the time to walk around the grounds for a while. While walking, she saw a lot of students talking about what might happen during the next Quidditch match. For the Gryffindor team, Quidditch practice wouldn't be for another week and Renesmee was looking forward to another Hogsmeade weekend, which was coming up in two days. She walked farther along the grounds until she came around the Transfiguration Courtyard. Lily, easily visible with her fiery red hair and pale complexion, was studying for Potions and Defense Against the Dark Arts on a bench dressed in a thick cloak and scarf. Lilith Demona was in a deep conversation with a few Slytherins that Renesmee didn't know. She walked toward them and one of the Slytherins, a Beater on the Slytherin Quidditch team, glanced at her and grinned maliciously. "Hey, Cullen!" he called. "You know the Potters, right?" Renesmee said nothing knowing what was going to be said. "You do know them?"

Renesmee had enough of his bile and turned on him. "Yes, I know them! I visit them every summer and spend Christmas with them! Is that a problem?"

"No, but you may think differently about Harry Potter after you hear this," the boy said with a grin. He held out a copy of the Daily Prophet and started to read the article aloud. 'Harry Potter, head Auror and head of the Hogwarts Protection Unit since last year, was interviewed by Rita Skeeter, journalist for the Daily Prophet this past Friday evening at his home. Mr. Potter said nothing about the vampire attacks in Muggle London except that he and his Aurors were going to look into the attacks as soon as they gathered more information on the matter, and that they were looking into a more serious problem with a mysterious object found by Miss Renesmee Cullen. "We are looking into a mysterious bit of metal found by Renesmee Cullen in the Gryffindor common room this past Monday." says Potter as we sit in his kitchen. "The Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher has placed a few of her fellow Vampire Slayers in London until we get a chance to investigate."

Mrs. Ginevra Potter, born Genevra Molly Weasley, has reported that whatever happened in London will be investigated by Mr. Potter and his Aurors as soon as their current situation is finished. An interview with Miss Cullen will be done on Halloween. (See page three for details).

Renesmee took the paper from him and looked at the article he was reading. "I'm going to talk to Harry about this. If Rita Skeeter has interviewed him last week, I'm sure he said something completely different than that." She put the paper into her bag then turned to the boy. "You listen to me, Macnair. Nothing Skeeter says about Harry Potter will change how I feel about him, understand? Next time you see an article about him from that woman, keep it to yourself! That goes for everyone else, too!" She went back to the Grand Staircase, up the second floor toward the library and ran into Professor Rosenberg. "Oh, hi, Professor. I didn't mean to..."

"It's fine, Renesmee," said Willow calmly. "I was looking for you. Buffy asked me to bring you to the Defense Against the Dark Arts classroom for a Scooby meeting. Everyone's going to be there including your family, Jacob Black and...well, everyone. Wanna come?" Renesmee nodded. "Good. We'll go together."

Renesmee looked at Willow slightly confused. The Charms professor sounded a little too calm to worry about. She remembered Dawn saying something about Willow using too much magic back in Sunnydale and becoming addicted. Perhaps this was the case? "Professor, don't take this the wrong way, but I think your addiction to magic is happening again." Willow didn't look at her but gave a grin that confirmed Renesmee's suspicions. "Professor, you have to cut down on the magic! Take a few days off or have someone else teach for you for a while. Cut back on the magic, okay?"

"You know, I'm going to tell you the same thing I told Giles when he told me off for reviving Buffy years ago." Willow said with a smile. "I'm very powerful. And I don't think it's such a good idea to make me angry." Renesmee was taken aback and slightly scared about this. "Don't worry, I'm not mad at you for being worried about me, sweetie. Just a little disappointed that you and Buffy think alike. She told me the same thing this morning. 'You should take a break from the magic, Will. It's good for you.' Bah! Magic is my life! Don't you see that?"

"Willow!" Renesmee shouted and Willow stopped walking. "You really should stop before you get someone else hurt! Like I said before, get someone else like Wesley or Mr. Giles to teach your Charms classes once in a while so you can take some time off or something." Willow's eyes narrowed suddenly, her upper lip curling over her teeth. "I'm sorry, Willow, but Buffy's right. You're using too much magic."

Willow snarled, her eyes turned coal-black and purple energy crackled on her hands. "Guess what, Renesmee?" she said with a harsh laugh. "You just made me angry!" Before Renesmee could even do anything to stop it, the dark energy hit her and she flew into the nearest wall, but she didn't look injured.

"You want to fight with magic, Willow?" Renesmee said angrily. "Fine!" She whipped out her wand and cried, "STUPEFY!" A jet of red light shot from her wand and hit the Charms teacher who dodged it. "EXELLIARMUS!" Another spell hit Willow and she flew a few feet backwards and hit a wall. Willow got back up and shot another spell at Renesmee. "Protego!" The spell bounced off the invisible shield and back at Willow who ducked the spell. "Incarcerous!" Shining black ropes wrapped around Willow. Renesmee then used a Hover Charm to carry Willow to the headmistress's office. Buffy and Mr. Giles stood up suddenly when she brought Willow in and asked what happened. "Professor Rosenberg attacked me, Buffy, that's what happened. She's pretty lucky she didn't try to attack me physically."

"Oh dear," said Mr. Giles hurrying toward her. "Are you all right?" Renesmee nodded and told him that she hit a wall, but there were no injuries. "Good. I think we need to keep a close eye on Willow for a while...see if there are anymore problems." The others nodded. "Is there anything else on your mind before we start the meeting?"

"Actually," Renesmee said, "there is. Macnair of Slytherin read an article in the Daily Prophet about you, Harry." She handed Harry the newspaper. "Rita Skeeter wrote the article. Did she interview you last Friday?" Harry nodded as he placed the paper on McGonagall's desk. "What did she say?"

"Just asked me about the whole case on the vampire attacks in London," he said. "I told her that once we're done with the shard, I'll personally check out the problem. Apparently she took it as if I didn't care about the Muggles in London at all, the cow." Renesmee scowled. "Don't worry. Skeeter just tries to ruin people's lives and never succeeded. She tried ruining my life years ago, but she didn't get that chance because Hermione found out what was going on at the end of my fourth year. Rita Skeeter is an unregistered Animagus and can transform into a beetle at will. That's how she gets most of her information on people."

"That's not right," Renesmee said angrily. "Eavesdropping on people like that...it's just wrong!" Behind her, Bella looked at Edward who grinned sheepishly. "Anyway, what's the other topic for the Scooby meeting?"

Buffy and Giles sat down and Buffy started talking. "I sent Faith to investigate the vampire attacks and she came back with some information." said Buffy. "They are not Moloch or Belial or any other vampire that you're going to fight." Renesmee raised an eyebrow in suprise. "They're the kind like Angel and Spike led by a few stray vampires like your mom and dad."

"So, we're talking nothing normal, then?" Spike said. "Just a stake to the heart and poof they turn to dust?" Buffy nodded. "Well, that's a classic, isn't it? Why not give us a real challenge, right?"

"Shut up, William," Angel said under his breath and Spike glared at him. "What about you, Jake? Any news from your pack back in Forks?"

"Nothing new," Jake said shaking his head. "Everything's normal besides Sam Uley and his pack coming around to help us out. They ran into another wolf, but they don't know his name yet. Got the letter this morning by owl." He looked at the letter quickly, then glanced up at the others. "Sam said the guy has red spiky hair and doesn't talk much. Any of you guys know him?"

Willow awoke with a start, her eyes back to her normal brown. "Oz! He's coming to Hogwarts?" Buffy's eyebrows raised. "But I haven't seen him since...well, since I started dating Tara! You remember when he came back that day, right Buffy?"

"I do," said Buffy, "and I seem to remember him trying to attack Tara because he got angry she was dating you. Overprotective instinct." She added to Renesmee who was puzzled. "Oz was a new member of the Scoobies back in our senior year of high school. Needless to say, he's a good guy, with a furry little problem." Harry burst into a fit of laughter. "What's so funny?"

Harry stopped laughing long enough to say, "It's something Remus Lupin told me during Christmas in my sixth year. Remus was a werewolf bitten by Fenrir Greyback and on the night of the full moon, my father, Sirius and Peter Pettigrew would take Remus to the Shrieking Shack in the guise of their Animagi animal forms so he could transform. My dad always called Remus's affliction his 'furry little problem'. Students who heard the phrase thought Remus owned a misbehaved rabbit." Renesmee giggled. "Anyway, I sent a few Aurors to England and they found the same thing. Most of the Muggles there had their throats ripped out, but otherwise, there were no traces of vampires in the vicinity. They tried every spell they could think of to find them, but got nothing."

"Okay." Renesmee said grinning. "So we know that the vampires who killed those Muggles aren't Molochs or Belials, and that's a good thing." She turned to Giles and added, "Do you know anything about a demon named Lilith, Mr. Giles? I got a little information from Angel when Lilith Demona and I visited him, but I don't know much about the demon named Lilith."

Giles, as always when there was something disastrous to talk about, cleaned his glasses on his shirt. "Lilith is a Mesopotamian female storm demon rumored to be the bearer of disease, illness and death. In the King James Version of the Bible, Lilith appears as a screech owl, but in Jewish lore, she is a night demon." He took out a Babylonian book and started to translate. "Babylonian texts depict Lilith as the prostitute of the goddess Ishtar, and in Sumerian texts, she is supposedly called Lilitu, the handmaiden of Inanna or 'the hand of Inanna'." He showed her a picture of a naked woman with long red hair and a large snake coiled around her body. "This photograph was painted in 1892 by John Collier. I'm not sure what to say about her, really. Why do you ask?"

"Angel told me she that Lilith is a demon, and also the archnemesis of the archangel Michael." Renesmee said glaring at Angel. "Is that true, Mr. Giles?"

"It could be," Giles said running his wrinkled fingers through his snowy white hair. "There are many recordings of Lilith, any one of them may be truth." He was about to say more when a rock flew through the window and landed on the headmistress's desk. Giles pointed his wand at the window muttering, "Reparo!" The window repaired itself instantly. Buffy took a piece of parchment tied to the rock, stared at it and handed it to Giles. "Oh crap!" he whispered. "Spike, you may want to read this. It's from Aro of the Volturi. They have Darla and Drusilla."

"Darla and Drusilla?" Angel said shocked. "But...that's impossible! How could that happen?"

"I haven't the foggiest," Giles said, "but according to this note from Aro, Darla and Drusilla are now the same vampire type as the Cullens and Volturi. They wish to speak to you two soon." Silence fell. "I'm actually surprised the Master hasn't been revived yet. Of course, that will be impossible seeing as Buffy crushed the Master's bones with a sledgehammer, buried him in consecrated soil and is now lying in the crater that once used to be Sunnydale."

"Good point," Buffy said happily. "So, we know that Drusilla and Darla are back in town and...good God! You don't think they're the ones that attacked the poor Muggles in London, do you?" Giles shrugged. "I'll have Faith check it out again. Renesmee, I'm going to talk to Professor McGonagall about giving you a day off tomorrow from all classes so you can investigate with your parents as well. This involves you." Renesmee nodded. "All right, then. If we see them, don't fight unless you're forced to and remember one thing...be safe."

Renesmee walked with her parents through the grounds of Hogwarts for their nightly patrol. Renesmee wore her 'patrol outfit' as she liked to call it: a leather jacket over a midnight blue sweatshirt, a pair of sweatpants and the pair of boots Buffy bought her a year ago. A cross necklace was slung around her neck. "Honey, you look worried. Is everything okay?" Bella asked her as they walked.

"No, Mom, everything isn't fine." Renesmee said. "I've read about Darla and Drusilla in the book Angel gave Harry for his birthday...that book on the Order of Aurelius...and they are pure evil, Mom. Darla kills for fun just like the Molochs do and turned Angel into a vampire in 1770. Angelus tortured Drusilla when she came to her church to ask for forgiveness for her sins and then turned her into a vampire. She's completely insane and has these visions of darkness. Both are completely capable of murder and...I don't know how to fight them."

"Don't worry, Little Nudger," said Bella grinning at Renesmee's glare at the mention of the nickname Bella gave her, "with the help of Buffy, Dawn, Angel and Spike, I'm sure you can take 'em. I'll schedule some training with them later this week if you want. I'm sure either one of them will do it." Renesmee's harsh glare turned into anticipation. "See? Everything's gonna get better!" She turned to face the front and stopped dead in her tracks, sniffing the air. "Danger. Renesmee, don't move!"

"Why? What's...oh!" A pale woman with long dark hair, ruby red eyes and lips wearing a black dress stood in front of them along with a blonde-haired woman with the same red eyes and a sinister smile on her face. "Um, can we help you?"

"That depends on the stars," said the dark-haired woman in a dreamy voice. She averted he eyes to the sky and smiled. "Beautiful, aren't they? Too bad they're the last things you're ever going to see, my pets." To both Bella's and Renesmee's surprise, the woman's face changed. Her eyes stayed red but her forehead jutted out a little and fangs sprouted in her mouth. "Time to die."

"Uh, Mom," Renesmee whispered, "go into my bag and bring out the silver-tipped stakes I brought." Renesmee pulled a silver-tipped wooden stake from her pocket and held it like she was going to stab someone in the heart. "You wanna fight? Come on, froggy." The blonde vampire's face morphed just like the other woman's and they both charged. Renesmee ducked a punch from the blonde and kicked her in the chest, then slid under the dark woman's legs and wrapped her legs around her neck. "I'm guessing you two are Darla and Drusilla, right?" The women just grinned. "Say goodnight."

"What?" Darla hissed. "What are you talking about?" Renesmee pointed behind her but Darla didn't move. There was sharp crunch across the back of her head and she fell forward.

"Tried to warn you," Renesmee quipped, "but I guess you're too stupid to listen. Thanks, Angel." Angel gave her a nod and dropped into a combative stance as Drusilla lunged at him. "ANGEL!" Renesmee tossed her stake at Angel, who caught it, and stabbed Drusilla through the heart. Any normal vampire would explode into dust, but Drusilla screamed in agony and holding her chest. "What? I thought that would work! Damn!" Bella was having more trouble with Darla, who had now gotten up, and started dodging and weaving when the blonde vampire tried punching her. "Mom! Try snapping her neck!"

"I would..." Bella said, "if she would just...stay...still!" She found an opening, wrapped her hands around Darla's neck and twisted hard. There was a nasty crack and Darla fell to the ground once more. Drusilla ran to help Darla up and both disappared into the darkness. "Nobody told me that they could turn into normal vampires. I think we should tell Buffy that there's a fourth type of vampire: the un-killable kind."

Angel brushed the stray grass off his jacket and sighed. "We got Lilith, a demon from Hell, Molochs and Belials, and now we got Drusilla and Darla to worry about. What next?" he said in frustration. "You should get to bed, Nessie. You have class tomorrow, so I'll tell Buffy when I get back into the castle. Can you let Dawn know what's going on, Bella? Tell your husband, too. He'll want to know." Bella nodded and dashed off to the castle. "I'll take you to the common room, then I'll talk to McGonagall and Harry as well." The two of them walked to the castle together in silence for a little while. Angel didn't speak until they got to the entrance hall doors. "Did you notice the weird mist?"

"I did," Renesmee said looking around her, "and I can't help but feel like there's no hope in the world." Angel grimaced as Renesmee figured out what was going on. "Oh crap, Angel! Harry might know what's going on, and if it's something he knows about, he can probably teach us."

"I learned a few spells from Hermione," Angel told her, "so I can probably take care of whatever it is...providing they're not too hard to fight." He looked around at the sky; the starry sky was covered by dark clouds. "Looks like there's a storm coming in. Better get inside quick before it starts raining." He took Renesmee to the portrait of the Fat Lady then walked off. "I'll see you tomorrow night for vampire-killing lessons." Renesmee waved, uttered the password to the Fat Lady, then walked into the common room and up to bed.

Sorry if this chapter makes no sense. I had a few ideas for the next few chapters and they seemed to work out in my head. I hope you like Darla and Drusilla added to the story. I thought it would be fun to bring a couple vampires from Angel's past back. Happy reading! Chapter 10 coming soon!